Kemper County Project

Energy Quote of the Day: On the Big Mess That Is Kemper Clean Coal

By Pete Danko

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There’s more trouble for carbon capture and more trouble for Southern Company, the big Atlanta-based utility holding company: South Mississippi Electric Power Association backed out of its plan to pump $600 million into the Kemper County Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage Project in Mississippi for a 15 percent stake. Fitch reacted quickly. Fitch will review the ratings and Outlook for… Keep reading →

 /  Published May 26, 2015 at 3:00 PM

Energy Secretary Moniz Visits Clean Coal Facility in Mississippi

By US Department of Energy

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See a photo gallery of the Secretary’s visit to Kemper. Liberty, Mississippi, a small town in the eastern county of Kemper, is quietly making energy history. Liberty is the home of the largest carbon capture and storage (CCS) plant in the country. The plant, commonly called the Kemper County Project, will use state-of-the-art emission controls to produce… Keep reading →

 /  Published November 13, 2013 at 5:00 PM